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Coronavirus pandemic in Africa: Two years after first deaths due to virus

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Africa has registered a total of more than 10 million coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, according to figures from the African Union's health watchdog. Vaccine uptake in Africa, home to nearly 1.2 billion people, has been low, due to poor access to jabs and some vaccine hesitancy. FRANCE 24's Nadine Theron reports from Cape Town, South Africa.

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